Wednesday, February 24, 2010

2/24: Under pressure from LGBT activists the NCAA has decided to rescind the Focus on the Family ad.

"The decision by the NCAA came in response to vocal protests from a small number of advocates for gay and lesbian athletes, who complained that the group's views that homosexuality and abortion are immoral are inconsistent with the NCAA's stated nondiscrimination policy. 'Focus on the Family did have a banner ad on NCAA.com. Today, it was decided to remove the ad from the website as a result of concerns expressed by our membership,' Bob Williams, an NCAA spokesman, said via e-mail late Tuesday." (Towleroad)

1 comment:

Hey, that's really cool. Focus on the Family advocates discrimination, and that's NOT cool. Giving them the ad space at the NCAA site was a mistake, and I'm happy that it was corrected. Running someone's ad is tacit approval of their message, and the NCAA should know better. Now it does! Thanks for sharing this!Namaste,Lee